State of Suffolk

The State of Suffolk is a key document of the Suffolk Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). It is intended to provide an overview of the strategic health and wellbeing related needs in Suffolk, including the wider issues that affect local people, such as housing, employment, education and the environment.
State of Suffolk tiles- now updated for 2021!
We have created a graphic that shows just some of the links between all of the key facts and stats within the State of Suffolk! Take a look:
Index
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment index alphabetically lists all the documents that support the JSNA and the State of Suffolk, and also groups them by publication year.
State of Suffolk core areas
- Who we are (updated 2022)
- Where we live (updated 2022)
- How we develop (updated 2022)
- How we work
- How we travel (updated 2022)
- How we communicate (updated 2022)
- Suffolk communities (communities and assets updated 2022)
- How we stay safe
- Health behaviours
- When we get ill
- How we sustain Suffolk (updated 2022)
2019 reports and information:
- Five stats and facts YOU need to know
- Executive summary
- Suffolk 20+ (what Suffolk might be like in 20 years' time)
- Acknowledgements for the 2019 report
On 1 April 2019:
West Suffolk Council replaced Forest Heath District Council and St Edmundsbury Borough Council
East Suffolk Council replaced Suffolk Coastal District Council and Waveney District Council
The 2019 State of Suffolk report was created before these changes, so gives information for the pre-2019 council areas.
Other resources
All JSNA resources (index here), including this 2019 State of Suffolk report, have been used to inform the 2019-22 refresh of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. This is the final refresh of a ten-year strategy 2012 – 2022.
For more information, please contact the Knowledge and Intelligence Team, Suffolk Public Health.